Overview of the Club Vision Process and Benefits
Keith welcomed Christine. She is an experienced Rotarian. She joined the Rotary Club of Essendon in 2003. She has held the positions of President and Secretary as well as many others. Christine has been involved in the Club Vision process since 2008. In her professional career, she has been a middle level human resources co-ordinator in various fields including national payroll management, superannuation and work performance.
Christine opened with a quote from Paul Harris, “no club should ever rest on its laurels’. The process is intended is to engage and listen to all members, to encourage them to own the process and the outcome, and to work together to make a difference.
Christine emphasised that the key purpose of the Club Vision is to increase the club’s membership base and to ‘transform the Conversations to Actions. One of the major purposes of undergoing the Vision process is to build leadership depth and ensure its relevance to a changing world, and to ensure leadership consistency. It seeks to build continuity of leadership, vision, process and programming.
Keith then outlined the Process.
Participants are asked to:
- suspend their current beliefs, and
- to dream about the possible.
The process is highly specific and customised to Rotary, and facilitated by 3-4 specially trained facilitators. The Plan is designed to
The end of the process will be a clear statement of Agreed Outcomes. These will include:
- what the club stands for in its community
- the club’s target membership size in 5 years
- the top 3 objectives for each avenue of service
- ways to improve the club’s leadership development.
After lunch had been completed. Members were invited to ask any questions.
President Janet thanked Christine and Keith for their detailed outline of the process, and made a strong plea for as many members as possible to take part in the Vision Process on the 15th March from 9.00 to 1.00pm.